Autism Scholarship: Biliart

[Guest guest]

Does anyone have a child at Biliart using the Autism Scholarship ? We

have been using

the scholarship for a few years now and our son recently started at

Biliart. Well my wife

has just come back form a meeting at the school. They are claiming the tuition

for students

on the scholarship is somewhere around $18,000.00. Now the tuition for

Kindergarden there

is about $9,000.00. IAM I missing something??? So now we either pull him out

or cut his

other therapies down to almost nothing. I am having a lot of trouble

understanding how

they can take twice as much from a scholarship student? I guess it has

something to do with

the amount of money it ACTUALLY takes to educate a child there, and by law

that's what they

have to charge. Can anyone shed any light on this? Do I need to start looking

for a lawyer?

DO I contact Sogan at the ODE? There are numerous things that infuriate me

about this.

The timing, the unfairness and the complete lack of disclosure of this

information prior to

enrollment amazes me. Any information or advice would be very welcome and

appreciated.

[Guest guest]

By all means call ODE for clarification.

Also, perhaps you can just go through your school system now that he is at this school and thriving. I ran into a previous aid for my disabled grand daughter the other week and her son is at this school through his school system, not the scholarship. All fees are paid through the school system.

Perhaps you could work through the special education supervisor and prove that this is the least restrictive environment for your son, and the school will transfer through them.

Carol

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